# watchlooksee

> A personal photography archive and commissioned work by photographer Matt Cheetham, based in Cómpeta, Málaga, Spain.

watchlooksee presents documentary, portrait, commercial, travel, landscape, music and event photography. All photographs are © Matt Cheetham / watchlooksee. All rights reserved.

## Primary pages

- [Photography archive](https://www.watchlooksee.com/): Browse the complete photography archive.
- [Information and commissions](https://www.watchlooksee.com/info/): About Matt Cheetham, availability, commissioned work and enquiries.
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/_watchlooksee_/): Current photography and updates from watchlooksee.

## Photography projects

- [Viaje en España](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/viaje-en-espana-2025/): A long-form journey through Spanish towns, interiors, roads and landscapes.
- [Cómpeta](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/competa/): Mountain light, white villages and long views across the Axarquía landscape.
- [Antequera](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/antequera/): Stone, streets and open country around Antequera and the Torcal landscape.
- [London Lockdown 2020](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/london-lockdown-2020/): A rare experience of central London emptied of human life during the early days of the pandemic lockdown.
- [Las Canarias](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/las-canarias/): Volcanic ridges, Atlantic coast and worked landscapes across Tenerife and Lanzarote.
- [Iceland](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/iceland/): The raw beauty of Iceland, shot over a week in the summer of 2018.
- [Portugal](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/portugal-2015/): Streets, shopfronts, coast and daily life observed between Porto and Lisbon.
- [West Ham Amateur Boxing Club](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/west-ham-abc/): Training nights, repetition and the inherited detail of an East London boxing room.
- [London Festival of Railway Modelling](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/railway-modelling/): A study of scale, concentration and the people who make complete worlds by hand.
- [Nathan’s Pies and Eels](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/nathans-pies-and-eels/): Serving locals for 80 years Nathan's used to be an institution. Located on Barking road, just outside the West Ham stadium it was a regular fixture for locals and fans alike. Sadly due to the move of the West Ham FC to the olympic park, combined with rising rents and a changing local population, it closed a year or so after Upton Park. These pictures were taken in the final year of opertion.
- [London Landscapes](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/london-landscapes/): The Thames, landmarks and the changing London skyline seen from river level and high above the city.
- [Virtuti Jewellery](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/virtuti-jewellery/): A multi-year catalogue of rings, earrings and necklaces photographed against deep black.
- [Mazda 2014 Launch](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/mazda-launch/): The launch of the 2014 Mazda car range at St Andrews golf course in the Scottish Highlands.
- [Clapton](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/clapton/): Marshes, playing fields and overlooked structures along London’s eastern edge.
- [Folklore](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/folklore/): A catalogue of useful objects, materials and domestic tools for Folklore.
- [MF DOOM: London 2010–2012](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/mf-doom-london/): MF DOOM across three London shows: the Roundhouse and Brixton Academy in 2010, then HMV Forum with Madlib in 2012.
- [The Peak District](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/peak-district/): Upland moors, working paths and the shifting weather of the Peak District. I grew up here and these landscapes feel like home.
- [Uniqlo: Uniqlooks](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/uniqlo-uniqlooks/): Uniqlooks was a year-long street-style portrait series documenting individual ways of wearing Uniqlo.
- [Beach Blanket Babylon](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/beach-blanket-babylon/): Ornate rooms, intimate tables and the theatrical atmosphere of a London institution.
- [Sonisphere 2011](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/sonisphere-2011/): Sonisphere 2011 at Knebworth featuring the big 4, Megadeath, Slayer, Anthrax and Metallica alongside sets by Japanese Voyeurs, Lower Than Atlantis, Glamour of the Kill, My Passion and Killing Joke.
- [Global Gathering 2010](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/global-gathering-2010/): Friday-night performances by Faithless and Tinie Tempah at Global Gathering 2010.
- [Matt Nicholson](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/matt-nicholson/): A portrait of Australian artist Matt Nicholson for his label Black Maps
- [Pepito, King’s Cross](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/pepito-kings-cross/): A compact bar recorded through its colour, food, people and evening atmosphere.
- [Oxford Circus](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/oxford-circus/): The opening day of the new 'Shibuya' Tokyo style crossing at Oxford Circus. One of the shots from this was a finalist in Landscape Photographer of the Year awards 2013.
- [Global Gathering 2009](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/global-gathering-2009/): Two days at Global Gathering 2009: People, performers and the rave with live sets including The Prodigy, Richie Hawtin and Orbital.
- [MUTEK 2009](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/mutek-2009/): Four days across MUTEK’s tenth-anniversary programme in Montréal, from late-night audiovisual sets to outdoor Piknic sessions, including Moderat, Jahcoozi, Nortec Collective, dOP, Ricardo Villalobos and Zip.
- [Anina Vogel Jewellery](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/anina-vogel-jewellery/): Charms, chains and collected objects photographed with precise, quiet clarity.
- [Bloc Weekend 2009](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/bloc-weekend-2009/): Crowds, live sets and 24 hour mayhem as Bloc Weekend moved to Butlin’s in Minehead.
- [Method Man + Redman](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/method-man-redman/): Method Man and Redman performing together at Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London.
- [Dour Festival 2008](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/dour-festival-2008/): Four days at Dour’s 20th edition, moving between live bands, hip-hop, electronic stages and festival crowds, including Foals, Birdy Nam Nam, Oxbow, Ice Cube, Wu-Tang Clan, The Bug, Shantel and Gogol Bordello.
- [Dissonanze 2008](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/dissonanze-2008/): Carl Craig closes Dissonanze 2008 at Rome’s Palazzo dei Congressi, photographed from the stage as the set carries into Sunday morning.
- [Renegade Hardware at The End](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/renegade-hardware-the-end-2008/): DJs, MCs and the crowd at Renegade Hardware in The End, with a main-room bill including Ink, Loxy, Calyx & Teebee, dBridge, Icicle, Phobia and Vicious Circle.
- [Bloc Weekend 2008](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/bloc-weekend-2008/): The lineup gets bigger, the attendees party harder at Bloc Weekend’s second Hemsby edition.
- [Loft Party](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/loft-party/): David Mancuso was the creater of The Loft, the legendary invitation-only dance party at his home in New York City. Starting in 1970 as a refuge for the gay community the parties laid the groundwork for modern club culture, disco, and house music. These images were captured at a Loft Party held in London in 2007.
- [Fate](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/fate/): A study of accumulated posters, erasure and accidental marks in the city.
- [Bloc Weekend 2007](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/bloc-weekend-2007/): The first Bloc Weekend: live sets, DJs, crowds and the surreal edges of a Pontin’s holiday camp in Hemsby.
- [FABRICLIVE, 15 September 2006](https://www.watchlooksee.com/project/fabriclive-15-september-2006/): A Friday night across fabric’s three rooms: live performances, DJs and the crowd for FABRICLIVE’s Wall of Sound, Kill Em All and Mad Decent programme.

## Contenido en español

- [Archivo fotográfico](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/): Explora el archivo fotográfico completo en español.
- [Información y encargos](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/info/): Información sobre Matt Cheetham, disponibilidad, trabajos por encargo y consultas.

### Proyectos fotográficos

- [Viaje en España](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/viaje-en-espana-2025/): Un recorrido de largo formato por pueblos, interiores, carreteras y paisajes de España.
- [Cómpeta](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/competa/): Luz de montaña, pueblos blancos y amplias vistas del paisaje de la Axarquía.
- [Antequera](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/antequera/): Piedra, calles y campo abierto alrededor de Antequera y el paisaje del Torcal.
- [Londres durante el confinamiento de 2020](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/london-lockdown-2020/): El centro de Londres, excepcionalmente inmóvil durante las primeras semanas del confinamiento.
- [Las Canarias](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/las-canarias/): Cordilleras volcánicas, costa atlántica y paisajes cultivados de Tenerife y Lanzarote.
- [Islandia](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/iceland/): Formas junto a la carretera, terreno volcánico y asentamientos frente a un horizonte abierto.
- [Portugal](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/portugal-2015/): Calles, escaparates, costa y vida cotidiana observados entre Oporto y Lisboa.
- [Club de Boxeo Amateur West Ham](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/west-ham-abc/): Noches de entrenamiento, repetición y los detalles heredados de un gimnasio de boxeo del este de Londres.
- [Festival de Modelismo Ferroviario de Londres](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/railway-modelling/): Un estudio de la escala, la concentración y las personas que construyen mundos completos a mano.
- [Nathan’s Pies and Eels](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/nathans-pies-and-eels/): Un registro de un negocio familiar, su ritmo de trabajo y la comunidad reunida a su alrededor.
- [Paisajes de Londres](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/london-landscapes/): El Támesis, sus monumentos y el perfil cambiante de Londres vistos desde el río y desde las alturas.
- [Joyería Virtuti](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/virtuti-jewellery/): Un catálogo realizado durante varios años de anillos, pendientes y collares fotografiados sobre negro intenso.
- [Lanzamiento Mazda 2013 modelos](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/mazda-launch/): Fotografías de carretera, detalles y lanzamiento realizadas entre una finca rural y el paisaje abierto.
- [Clapton](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/clapton/): Marismas, campos de juego y estructuras olvidadas en el límite oriental de Londres.
- [Folklore](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/folklore/): Un catálogo sereno de objetos útiles, materiales y formas domésticas.
- [MF DOOM: Londres 2010–2012](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/mf-doom-london/): MF DOOM en tres conciertos de Londres: Roundhouse y Brixton Academy en 2010, y HMV Forum junto a Madlib en 2012.
- [El Peak District](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/peak-district/): Agua abierta, senderos transitados y el clima cambiante del Peak District.
- [Uniqlo: Uniqlooks](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/uniqlo-uniqlooks/): Una serie de retratos de estilo urbano realizada durante un año sobre distintas formas de vestir Uniqlo.
- [Beach Blanket Babylon](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/beach-blanket-babylon/): Salones ornamentados, mesas íntimas y la atmósfera teatral de una institución londinense.
- [Sonisphere 2011](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/sonisphere-2011/): El viernes de Sonisphere 2011, desde el recinto hasta las actuaciones de Japanese Voyeurs, Lower Than Atlantis, Glamour of the Kill, Megadeth, Slayer, My Passion, Metallica y Killing Joke.
- [Global Gathering 2010](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/global-gathering-2010/): La llegada, los campamentos y las actuaciones del viernes por la noche de Faithless y Tinie Tempah en Global Gathering 2010.
- [Matt Nicholson](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/matt-nicholson/): Un retrato de verano entre invernaderos, jardines plantados y espacios abiertos.
- [Pepito, King’s Cross](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/pepito-kings-cross/): Un bar compacto retratado a través de su color, su comida, su gente y el ambiente nocturno.
- [Oxford Circus](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/oxford-circus/): El movimiento peatonal, el tráfico y la luz cambiante observados desde las alturas del cruce.
- [Global Gathering 2009](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/global-gathering-2009/): Dos días en Global Gathering 2009: campamentos, público y actuaciones de The Prodigy, Richie Hawtin y Orbital, entre otros.
- [MUTEK 2009](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/mutek-2009/): Cuatro días por el programa del décimo aniversario de MUTEK en Montréal, desde sesiones audiovisuales nocturnas hasta las jornadas Piknic al aire libre, con Moderat, Jahcoozi, Nortec Collective, dOP, Ricardo Villalobos y Zip.
- [Joyería Anina Vogel](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/anina-vogel-jewellery/): Amuletos, cadenas y objetos coleccionados fotografiados con precisión y serenidad.
- [Bloc Weekend 2009](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/bloc-weekend-2009/): Público, actuaciones y espacios nocturnos cuando Bloc Weekend se trasladó a Butlin’s en Minehead.
- [Method Man + Redman](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/method-man-redman/): Method Man y Redman actuando juntos en Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Londres.
- [Festival de Dour 2008](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/dour-festival-2008/): Cuatro días en la 20.ª edición de Dour, entre bandas en directo, hip-hop, escenarios electrónicos y público del festival, con Foals, Birdy Nam Nam, Oxbow, Ice Cube, Wu-Tang Clan, The Bug, Shantel y Gogol Bordello.
- [Dissonanze 2008](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/dissonanze-2008/): Carl Craig cierra Dissonanze 2008 en el Palazzo dei Congressi de Roma, fotografiado desde el escenario mientras la sesión avanza hacia la mañana del domingo.
- [Renegade Hardware en The End](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/renegade-hardware-the-end-2008/): DJs, MCs y público en Renegade Hardware en The End, con un cartel principal que incluía a Ink, Loxy, Calyx & Teebee, dBridge, Icicle, Phobia y Vicious Circle.
- [Bloc Weekend 2008](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/bloc-weekend-2008/): Música electrónica, salas nocturnas y la vida entre escenarios durante la segunda edición de Bloc Weekend en Hemsby.
- [Fiesta The Loft](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/loft-party/): Tres imágenes de una concurrida fiesta londinense bajo un techo de globos plateados y azules.
- [Destino](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/fate/): Un estudio cercano de carteles acumulados, borrados y marcas accidentales en la ciudad.
- [Bloc Weekend 2007](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/bloc-weekend-2007/): El primer Bloc Weekend: actuaciones, DJs, público y los márgenes surrealistas de un complejo vacacional Pontin’s en Hemsby.
- [FABRICLIVE, 15 de septiembre de 2006](https://www.watchlooksee.com/es/project/fabriclive-15-september-2006/): Una noche de viernes por las tres salas de fabric: actuaciones en directo, DJs y público en el programa de Wall of Sound, Kill Em All y Mad Decent de FABRICLIVE.

## Rights and enquiries

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